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Lead Image from: https://miro.medium.com/max/3840/1*mLqtKV1FjUg-WKlLW-cXjQ.jpeg Most new developers wonder which database is suitable for their project since they don't want to get off on the wrong foot. So, first and foremost, let's define a database. A database is a type of storage facility that electronically stores and organizes data so that it may be utilized and accessed later. Some databases are superior to others in that they are easier to use, have more capability, or are more secure. Some databases are ranked higher by beginners than others based on these features. So there you have it, the rankings and why they are rated the way they are. These are the top 3 best and easiest databases to use according to beginners. 1. Firebase Image via: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YIfQT6q8ZM4/Vzyq5z1B8HI/AAAAAAAAAAc/UmWSSMLKtKgtH7CACElUp12zXkrPK5UoACLcB/s1600/image00.png Firebase is a Google application that provides developers with a variety of tools for creating web and mobile applications. Since Firebase is accessible via the web, it is simple to utilize and fast to set up. Other than being a database, Firebase offers hosting and storage. It also has two databases: a realtime database and a firestore database. Due to the fact, Firebase is an all-in-one package for developers, it is ideal for newcomers. Here are some of the reasons why Firebase is superior to the competition: Easy to Use Firebase is the most user-friendly and simple to use of all the databases mentioned. It offers all of the benefits of MongoDB and MySQL. Firebase offers strong documentation, it's web-based, so it's simple to set up, and it provides extra features that could come in helpful later on, such as hosting, storage, and so on. Firebase provides the most detailed database documentation; it describes each step and what it does. Making it a cakewalk for beginner developers to use. Here’s the to the documentation. link Fast and Safe Firebase is one of the fastest running programs because it is a cloud service, which makes it faster than many servers. This indicates that its database is among the fastest in the world, with queries that are faster than those of most NoSQL databases. Firebase is quite safe. One of the reasons is that it is owned by Google, one of the world's largest technology companies. The safety of the application is determined on the server-side, which means that the person in charge can create all of the rules, provide read and write access, and do a variety of other things to make the owner's program as secure as possible. Firebase has only one disadvantage: Hard to use for large/complex projects: Large structured data is difficult to discover in Firebase, which is inconvenient because practically every other database permits it. 2. MongoDB Image via: https://www.cloudsavvyit.com/p/uploads/2021/07/f5932bc2.jpg?width=1198&trim=1,1&bg-color=000&pad=1,1 MongoDB is one of the most popular NoSQL databases in the world due to its user-friendly documentation, scalability, and a variety of other capabilities that other databases do not provide. MongoDB, like MySQL, is utilized by many corporations, including Uber, Lyft, and AWS technologies. MongoDB is simple to use and can be used on a resume to attract employers. The following are some of the reasons why MongoDB is regarded as one of the top NoSQL databases: Detailed Documentation: People frequently overlook the importance of documentation, particularly for newcomers. Developers' lives are made so much easier by good documentation. This is due to the fact that they do not have to go looking for assistance or answers. When they can just rely on the documentation provided by the database. This is the to the documentation. link Easy to Set Up: MongoDB is one of the world's most user-friendly databases. It is intended for use by beginners in their projects. Everything that needs to be done is detailed in the documentation. MongoDB typically takes about 1-2 hours to download, set up, and understand. It is quicker and simpler to set up than MySQL. Some of the disadvantages of using MongoDB: Indexing If the code has discrepancies or the indexing has not been implemented correctly MongoDB will perform at a very low speed. Transactions Multi-document ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability) transactions are used by MongoDB. This is a limitation because it can lead to the corruption of data. Joins Document joining in MongoDB can be a time-consuming process. As a relational database, it does not support joins. 3. MySQL Image via: https://cdn.liveagent.com/app/uploads/2020/11/MySQL-Logo.png MySQL is open-source, simple to use, and well-known in the programming business by large corporations. MySQL is used by several large firms, including Twitter, Airbnb, Netflix, and Amazon, among others. So studying MySQL not only makes projects easier to complete, but it is also something that can be added to one's resume. Here are some of the more detailed explanations: Reliable Preventing the leakage of private data is always vital for anyone who uses the internet. Fortunately, MySQL ensures data security and provides a variety of encryption options. These data encryption measures prohibit unauthorized people from reading the data. When attempts to hack the database are identified, MySQL immediately stops them. Data backup is also a useful feature because it enables data recovery at any moment. Secure Individuals place a high value on money, and most people find money transfer to be a stressful experience. Fortunately, MySQL is used for monetary transactions; it is a single unit, which implies that if one stage of the transaction fails, the entire process fails. This is beneficial because if the stage fails, the money will not be sent until the entire procedure is completed. Some of the disadvantages of using MySQL: Cannot be scaled MySQL cannot be scaled due to the flexibility of the query syntax. Slow with older versions The old MySQL versions have bugs in them and are really slow, even the newer versions can be slow from time to time. Few stability issues MySQL is unreliable and it tends to crash after a few weeks of it working perfectly fine. In conclusion, all of the databases mentioned are excellent, and it ultimately comes down to personal opinion, however, most beginners who use these databases agree that Firebase is the best. Firebase is designed for those who are just starting out in programming; once that phase is through, databases like MongoDB and MySQL become a better option.

Top 3 Databases Every New Developer Should Know

AWS EKS + Terraform + Cloudskiff do the job In this article I explain how to spin up an AWS EKS cluster in 1 min of work, and get Terraform code out of it for reproducibility and easy cleanup. That’s done with Cloudskiff, a CI/CD for infrastructure as code. Setting up new environments in EKS is a little tedious, and requires a lot of point and click work if you do it through the console. Plus if something messes up, or you just want to shut it all down, you end up with a shitload of work cleaning up your AWS account and getting rid of now useless services. And AWS didn’t make that simple (who designed that CLI again? And , you can’t delete your VPC, there’s a NAT gateway attached to it. And again there is automated cleanup function). no no no The AWS team doesn’t really want to add easy cleanup functions :) https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/issues/1721 . Describe everything as Terraform code, and you get a really easy way to deploy your new dev environment, a way that is reproducible and easy to clean up. And it makes it simpler to do things cleanly, with your environment neatly set up in a VPC for isolation. Enters Terraform Writing, optimizing and running Terraform code is a little tricky, and if you have your infra described as code, you might as well manage it in a CI/CD system like any other code. Right? That’s why that: Cloudskiff is building a CI/CD for infrastructure as code Day 1: makes getting started with infrastructure as code more approachable. Day 2+: streamlines versioning, acts as the central place for automation, and enables collaboration around your templates and deployments . We’re talking about AWS here, but Cloudskiff connects to other cloud providers too. So let’s dive into it. Start the timer, and let’s see how we launch a small dev cluster in 2 min of work. Cloudskiff will also generate basic but clean Terraform code for you, that you can then reuse and upgrade to evolve your environment. 1. Create a Cloudskiff account Easy, it’s . here 2. Create a Cloudskiff IAM user in your AWS account Sign into the AWS management console, then user for cloudskiff. I called mine create a new aws IAM cloudskiff. Hit then select Add user programmatic access We will create a new set of policies for this user to secure things up. Cloudskiff needs access to EKS, EC2 and IAM. I created an easy, copy paste friendly permission set right there. [ ]. regularly updated permissions here { : , : [
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} "Version" "2012-10-17" "Statement" "Effect" "Allow" "Action" "ec2:*" "eks:*" "autoscaling:*" "Resource" "*" "Effect" "Allow" "Action" "iam:*" "Resource" "*" You don’t need to add tags. Let’s create this user now. Once you’ve created your user, save your access key and secret key, we’ll need them soon. 3. Add AWS to Cloudskiff Great! We’ve created a new IAM cloudskiff user. Now let’s grant the Cloudskiff platform access using that user. Open the Cloudskiff app Navigate to the on the left Integrations tab Select AWS Enter your credentials, select your favourite AWS region Save. Keep the keys handy, we’ll need them later to configure our local AWS profile. 4. Add permissions on a new infra as code Github repo Cloudskiff will generate Terraform code for your infrastructure and save it in your repo. So we need to create a github repo that we want it to push to. Create a new Github repository. Let’s call it private cloudskiff-dev-eks Go to Cloudskiff’s and select integrations tab Github Connect your Github account Note: Cloudskiff only needs access to the specific repo where you Terraform code will be stored. 5. Cool. Let’s deploy an EKS cluster The setup is complete. You’ll only have to do steps 1, 2, 3, 4 once. Now let’s see how we can launch an EKS cluster. Move to the Cloudskiff dashboard. That’s where you will monitor all your clusters, and launch new ones. Hit New Project. Select . Templates are preconfigured EKS cluster that help you get started. You still have access to the behind it. Templates Terraform Pick a name for your project Select as the provider AWS Select your usual region We’ll deploy a small cluster of scaling between 1 and 3 machines. You can always come back to it and launch something more serious afterwards :) t3.nano Enter your ssh public key ( to get it real quick on most systems). It should look like . cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ssh-rsa BLABLABLA Select your brand new cloudskiff-dev-eks repo Hit Save You should land back to your dashboard, and tadaaaam: our project is there. 9. Hit Deploy! Our project will start, and we can monitor the progress in the Logs. 5. Relax and check out the Terraform code we’ve generated See that github logo? Hit it and you’ll land on your repository. The Terraform code that is executing right now has been stored on that repo. That means it is versioned, traced, and in case there is trouble you can roll back to older versions. GitOps become easier. cloudskiff-dev-eks Meanwhile, AWS is doing its thing, starting the EKS cluster, VPCs, autoscaling groups described in this Terraform. I am guessing you already are using AWS routinely, and you have the AWS CLI setup. If not,  Let’s take a look at that. 6. Setup your local environment All you need to do is : 1. Create a Cloudskiff profile in your AWS credentials file, so that you can access your machines with your IAM. cloudskiff aws_access_key_id = .. aws_secret_access_key = [cloudskiff]
aws_access_key_id = .. 
aws_secret_access_key = .. #you probably already have something here #here too #Create this # told you we'd need that later 2. Set your local environment variables and . should contain the path to your file. We will download it from Cloudskiff later, so let’s just prepare a folder to save it, for example and define the to point to the . $KUBECONFIG $AWS_PROFILE KUBECONFIG kubeconfig $HOME/code/cloudskiff/config/aws KUBECONFIG file AWS_PROFILE=cloudskiff; KUBECONFIG= /code/cloudskiff/config/aws/kubeconfig-dev-cluster; export #the path to where you will store your kubeconfig file export $HOME 7. Connect Wait a few minutes (10–15) for AWS to assign resources. At some point, your project will be deployed (you will see a green ball in the UI). 1. Get the kubeconfig from the Cloudskiff dashboard 2. Rename it to .Then move it to or the place of your choosing, as long as it matches your kubeconfig-dev-cluster ~/code/cloudskiff/config/kubeconfig-dev-cluster $AWS_PROFILE 3. Check: . It should output something like that: echo $AWS_PROFILE; echo $KUBECONFIG AWS_PROFILE: cloudskiff
KUBECONFIG: ~/code/cloudskiff/config/aws/kubeconfig-dev-cluster 4. Now run , or if you prefer. You’re in! Cluster deployed! kubectl get nodes k9s (8. Destroy) To destroy your cluster and cleanup everything, well: just hit the button on Cloudskiff. Everything will be cleaned up automatically and ready for a re-deploy! Destroy Debrief Reading this, you might think I took more than 2 min, because I sprayed screenshots everywhere. Thinking about it, most of the things I did were just one-off for setup: (only once) Create a Cloudskiff account (only once) Create an IAM (only once) add it to Cloudskiff (only once) add permissions on a new infra as code Github repo Select 5 options Press a Deploy button (only once) make sure my local AWS profile was configured Get a kubeconfig Connect! Only 5, 6, 8, 9 are steps you need to do for each deployment, and they are mostly buttons to press or single lines of command. I hope you liked that! We haven’t looked in detail in the terraform code together, so I will keep that for an upcoming post. Don’t hesitate to reach out about this tutorial! , and . I am a Product Manager at Cloudskiff, and write about infra in my spare time. You can find other posts on Venturebeat Twitter To contact me, use <my-weird-first-name>@cloudskiff.com Previously published at https://www.cloudskiff.com/how-to-launch-eks-cluster-terraform

I Got a New EKS Cluster Running And Terraform Code in 2 minutes

Initiated by , a Swiss based IT and cloud provider with a proven track record of 17 years of successful operations in various countries and one of the cloud pioneers in Europe, provides high quality services and products in the field of cloud computing. Founded in 2001 by André Matter, Netkom IT Services GmbH developed early through various consulting mandates and IT projects as a specialist for IT strategy and its implementation in the operational IT infrastructures and organization of the respective customers. The latter were well-known large companies from Switzerland and abroad such as Citibank or ABB Turbo Systems. In the following years, further core competences in the fields of transformation and digitization have been established. Netkom IT Services GmbH n’cloud.swiss AG Swiss made alternative to Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and other major cloud providers Since small and medium-sized enterprises are generally unable to afford one’s own datacentre infrastructures, Netkom built its own cloud platform for this segment already in 2009 under the name n’cloud. Today, the platform is considered as a serious “Swiss made” alternative to the major cloud providers like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. With the expertise and experience as a specialist for IT strategy and its implementation in the operational IT infrastructures and organization of the respective customers, n’cloud.swiss AG is expanding on the international level and aiming to provide their products and services to a worldwide market range. Nowadays, cloud computing is the promise of having a modern and state-of-the-art IT infrastructure without the need for substantial capital investments and personnel increases. The cloud market revenue is expected to double in the next three years reaching up to 162 billion USD. Here is where the huge potential of n’cloud.swiss AG of establishing as a Swiss/European alternative to the leading cloud providers becomes clear. n’cloud.swiss n’cloud.swiss heralds a new era in cloud computing n’cloud.swiss stands for a new era in cloud computing. In contrast to many cloud providers, this innovative cloud platform is capable of addressing and serving all cloud deployment requirements such as private, public, hybrid and community cloud. In addition, all cloud service models from Infrastructure- over Platform- to Software-as-a-Service models are included within this same product. The advantage for customers range from agility, flexibility and adaptability to a maximum amount of freedom to build their cloud according to their needs. In addition, all cloud service models from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), over Platform as a Service (PaaS) to Software as a Service (SaaS) are part of the platform. All this is surrounded by an innovative internal n’cloud.swiss application catalogue. Within the latter, n’cloud.swiss offers more than 142 applications from 30 different IT categories “free and ready to go” as well as the opportunity to upload also other development applications and tools easily. Along personal support and competitive pricing models, API connectivity for easy and fast transfers of existing developments from or to other major cloud platforms award n’cloud.swiss a unique selling point and a competitive advantage. n’cloud.swiss features demo The establishment of n’cloud.swiss across the globe with the launch of an ICO The number of ICO launches nowadays has reached a level making difficult for investors to stay on top of things. More than ever, ICOs of established companies are in demand given the fact that the number of scams is high as well as the number of ICOs leading to projects that fail. is truly the ICO of a proven business case. The particularity here clearly is the fact that investing in this ICO signifies investing in a real company distinguished by a successful record of accomplishment and existing customers. However, the question arises why such a company plans to launch an ICO. The target for n’cloud.swiss is to achieve a substantial market share in the global cloud market for IaaS, PaaS, SaaS services in the next 5 years. Consequently, as a decisive step towards its establishment as the undisputed alternative to the major cloud providers, n’cloud.swiss ICO has been launched to successfully expand and rollout the existing business operations into 60 additional countries around the world. is divided into two main stages. While the Pre-ICO will be held from April 14th to April 29th, 2018, the main ICO event will take place from April 30th to July 8th, 2018. During these two events of ICO, investors can buy tokens. As the first and only company in the world**, n’cloud.swiss AG** is offering to investors the unique service of managing their tokens. The idea behind is to open up the doors to unexperienced ICO investors and allow them to benefit from the company’s success. The ICO of n’cloud.swiss The n’cloud.swiss ICO www.ncloud.swiss/ICO US Cloud Act or how foreign laws do not matter anymore While the U.S. Congress recently approved the CLOUD Act for data stored overseas and strictly speaking opened a back door for the FBI, CIA, and NSA to intercept virtually anyone without any court order, the need for an alternative to the major cloud providers becomes probably greater than ever. A market that is dominated by four American (Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM Softlayer) and one Chinese (Alibabcloud), definitely presents numerous possibilities for . “Swiss made” high quality standards in terms of security and reliability in setup and operation of fail-safe cluster-systems can present for the company a valuable competitive advantage. On the other hand, investors in this ICO will be able to join a company with a huge potential, contribute to its international expansion and establishment and benefit from a success story in the making. n’cloud.swiss AG

Increasingly strong and serious competition from Switzerland for Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure & Co.

Image: n’cloud.swiss Zug is not just a beautiful Swiss city with a beautiful lake; Zug has become known worldwide as “Crypto Valley” — the Silicon Valley for cryptocurrencies. Leading technology experts, innovative companies as well as techies and nerds from numerous countries come to Zug to start new exciting projects, introduce new companies in this area, meet interesting people from all over the world or simply get a taste of the scene. aims to build the world’s leading blockchain and cryptographic technology ecosystem. In this context, the event “First Tuesday Drinks & Networking together with n’cloud.swiss AG from Seengen and Crypto Explorers from the Silicon Valley” was held on May 1st. The Crypto Valley Association During this event, Founder and Chairman André Matter and Chief Marketing Officer Pascal Dossenbach presented the company n’cloud.swiss AG. In addition to the innovative cloud platform , the launch of its own digital cryptocurrency named NCU Token was also presented to an international audience of investors, cryptospecialists and interested trade visitors. www.ncloud.swiss For ambitious growth plans in up to 60 countries over the next 7 years, the company, which is still financed independently, is also open to investors and other forms of external financing opportunities. For this reason, the ICO project was launched. The NCU utility token also serves n’cloud.swiss customers as the digital currency for discounted purchase of n’cloud.swiss services and products, but may also be purchased or sold in the foreseeable future at so-called exchanges (stock exchange venues) which is extremely attractive for investors. n’cloud.swiss AG emerged from an initiative of Netkom IT Services GmbH based in Seengen, Switzerland. Netkom has been successfully active in the IT market in Switzerland and abroad for 17 years, and is also active in various areas, for example as an IT partner for . n’cloud.swiss AG is the Swiss cloud response to Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud & Co. The innovative cloud platform offers all cloud models from the pure public cloud to the ON-PREM or hybrid cloud with numerous cloud services within one and the same software. The application possibilities are therefore practically unlimited, so that developers, software companies, SMEs, consulting companies up to large international corporations from all branches of industry or services can flexibly cover their cloud needs. Swiss Golf House For more information about the ICO, cloud services or about the company, visit or . For Investor Relations, CEO André Matter is looking forward to your call at +41 (0) 62 511 82 82. www.ncloud.swiss www.netkom.ch

n’cloud.swiss — The Swiss cloud alternative to Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud & Co.

React is an open source JavaScript library created by Facebook for building user interfaces. By using React for web development, a developer can easily manage the content and data of a website. According to one of the recent statistics, React is currently used in more than 45% of websites that are currently on the Internet. Major brands such as Netflix, Facebook, Instagram etc. are powered by React. And that is not all! In 2015, Facebook announced React Native, a new JavaScript library that brings the React architecture to native Android, iOS, and UWP applications. In this post, I will talk about the top 10 React development companies in India. 1. GeekyAnts Founded in the year 2006, is a Bangalore based technology company that specialises in web and mobile app development. GeekyAnts is known for creating web and mobile applications using Node, React, React Native, Angular, Firebase, GraphQL, and many other technologies. They are always excited to experiment with new technologies and are one of the early adopters of Google’s Flutter, Vue, and Kotlin. GeekyAnts is all about building industry leading software products, delighting their customers, and giving back to the developer community. GeekyAnts is well known for its open source contributions such as — a UI components library for React Native. Their products always have an out-of-the-box characteristic to it. , which is another product of , is a design tool that will write React Native code for you! GeekyAnts NativeBase BuilderX GeekyAnts also sells premium content such as starter kits, full apps, UI themes , and animations on . GeekyAnts NativeBase Market : Website https://goo.gl/gP9wDt 2. WebClues Infotech is a web and mobile app design and development company that delivers effective and successful solutions. They are known to deliver to various services such as web development, branding, cloud computing, web design, and mobile app development. WebClues Infotech Since its inception in 2014, has strived to become the optimal solution to your needs in terms of Website Development, Web Design, Web Hosting, Enterprise Solutions, Android and iOS Technology. WebClues Infotech : Website https://www.webcluesinfotech.com/ Inwizards is a highly structured, performance oriented and customer centric organization. follows the concept of development and sustainable to bring about a change in quality of services and business. Inwizards Inwizards Started in 2009, is specialized in Website & Mobile App Development, E-Commerce Solutions, React, React Native, Phonegap, Titanium, etc. Inwizards : Website https://inwizards.com/ 4. CronJ As one of its early adopters, is one of foremost React development companies in the country. developers are very competent and perseverant. They are well versed in the latest technologies to provide the best services and solutions as and when called upon. CronJ CronJ’s : Website https://www.cronj.com/ 5. DigiFutura is a Bangalore based app development company which specializes in building MVPs for startups. It is focused on creating compelling user experience design digital experiences and building topnotch highly scalable web and mobile applications for startups and SME’s. DigiFutura has been able to successfully deliver exceptional and scalable apps with React, React Native, Node, Ruby on Rails, Python, and Meteor. DigiFutura : Website https://www.digifutura.com/ 6. Bacancy With 130+ developers, situated on 7 different countries, strives to deliver value and high performance at every stage of product development, from planning to delivery. Bacancy Technology : Website https://www.bacancytechnology.com/ 7. Mobiloitte Working for over a decade, is a full service mobile and web app development group. is apt at early adoption of new technologies to always stay ahead of the curve. Mobiloitte Mobiloitte : Website https://www.mobiloitte.com/ 8. Cabot Techonology Solutions is a value based Product Engineering IT firm delivering high value and robust solutions using state-of-the-art technologies. Cabot Founded in 2006, has delivered over 500 project for diverse range of clients across a number of industry sectors. Today has 3 global offices (India, UAE, USA) and over 100 employees. Cabot Cabot : Website https://www.cabotsolutions.com/ 9. Cloudseed Founded in 2015, Technologies is a software development & services company that is focused on Cloud, Mobile, IoT Middleware Intergration and User Experience. Cloudseed : Website https://www.cloudseed.technology/ 10. GoodWorkLabs is a new-age boutique software lab that delivers cutting-edge products and solutions. It was founded in 2013 currently houses around 200 developers and UI/UX designers. GoodWorkLabs is known for its work in: GoodWorkLabs Mobile Apps and Web/Cloud/SaaS Products Enterprise Solutions UX/UI Designs Game Development : Website https://www.goodworklabs.com/ Wrapping Up I have shortlisted these companies based on parameters such as: Keyword Analysis Third-party Websites Customer Satisfaction Ratings Glassdoor Ratings Company portfolio Thank You for reading! Please 👏 if you liked this article.

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